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Network Topology, FVS318v3 plus Orbi
I currently own a NetGear FVS318v3, which I use in part because it enables me to establish a box-to-box VPN with a second, remote FVS318v3 on a separate, remote LAN. I'm thinking about adding severa...
Thanks for sending that link. The set up depicted in the upper portion of the attached file looks most like what I want to set up.
Exactly what I'd like to set up is depicted in lower portion of the attached file. Will something like that work? If so, can the two boxes shaded in yellow be a single box, i.e., my FVS318v3?
Again, my goal is to ensure that all traffic that initiates on my LAN and goes out to the internet passes down the box-to-box VPN.
If what I've depicted in the attached file can't be made to work, does the Orbi router support box-to-box VPN? I've seem some indication that it does.
Just as an FYI, the attached describes a set-up I've tried. As the diagram shows, I currently own an Apple Airport Extreme wifi router and an Apple Airport Express wifi range extender. (Yes, I'm aware they are old technology, and do not support mesh. I'm considering replacing them with Orbi.) I have the Extreme hardwired into the FVS318v3, and the Express daisy-chained to the Extreme via wifi. I have several other devices hardwired directly into the FVS318v3.
What I find, strangely (to my uninformed mind) is that the wifi network performs well enough (although the daisy-chain isn't great, due to the concrete walls), but none of the other devices hard-wired to the FVS318v3 can connect to the internet. It's as though the Extreme is taking the role of router/gateway, and devices that connect to it through the FVS318v3 -- which I would have thought is now operating purely as a switch -- to the Extreme are not being routed out. I can't understand why that would be, but I'm certainly no expert.
My concern is that, if I buy an Orbi set-up, and substitute it for the Apple wifi devices currently in place on my network, I'll run into the same problem, that is, other devices hardwired into the FVS318v3 won’t be able to reach the internet. I'm hoping to establish that such will not be the case before I spend the money for the Orbi system. I figure if I can make the existing set-up work as I desire -- minus the mesh functionality, of course -- then I can make it work with Orbi too.
If it's any help: The IP address of the FVS318v3 on my network is 192.168.3.10, while the address of the Extreme is 192.168.0.2. I would have guessed that the ISP-provided modem is at 192.168.0.1 but, when I open that IP address in a browser, it shows me the FVS318v3. (That is, the FVS318v3 is at at least two IP addresses on my network.) The FVS318v3 knows the gateway to be 192.168.3.1. Maybe I need to change that to something else? The Extreme knows the router address as 192.168.0.1.
The Extreme was in place and connected directly to the ISP-provided modem prior to my justaposing the FVS318v3 between the two. This I did with no changes to the configuration of either the Extreme or the FVS318v3. My guess is that by making the correct configuration changes -- whatever they may be -- I can make all this work as desired.
